{"id":314,"date":"2024-11-17T19:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2024-11-17T19:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:49:45","slug":"109-year-old-woman-said-secret-to-long-life-is-avoiding-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"109-Year-Old Woman Said Secret to Long Life Is Avoiding Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the oldest women in the UK believes the secret to a long life is avoiding MEN.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Celebrating her 109th birthday, Jessie Gallan, who is the oldest woman in Scotland, stunned care workers when they asked for tips on how to live to a ripe old age.<\/p>\n

She puts her old age down to avoiding men and also a daily helping of porridge each morning.<\/p>\n

Jessie Gallan\u2019s Secret to a Long Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Gallan was born on a farm in Kintore,<\/strong>\u00a0Scotland in 1906 to a family with five sisters and one brother. She slept top-to-tail with her five sisters and one brother on a straw-filled mattress before leaving home at 13 to become a milkmaid. She was then a farm kitchen helper before working at a hotel which was visited by the Queen and Queen Mother while she was there.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Gallan moved into the Crosby House<\/strong>, a residential care home for seniors. Gillian Bennett, one of her support workers at the time told STV: \u201cJessie is a lovely woman. She has got her best friend here, Sarah Jane, and they are always together. She likes her music and likes her exercise class and is a very independent person. She is always walking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judging by Bennett\u2019s kind words,<\/strong>\u00a0Gallan sounds like she would also credit being active and staying social to living as long as she did. However, although she died in March 2015, her secret to a long life is unlike any we\u2019ve heard!<\/p>\n

She said:\u00a0\u201cMy secret to a long life has been staying away from men. They\u2019re just more trouble than they\u2019re worth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI also made sure that I got plenty of exercise, eat a nice warm bowl of porridge every morning and have never gotten married.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although we can hear a resounding AMEN coming from other women around the world, Gallan\u2019s secret does have a dietary component\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI like my porridge. I have all my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jessie celebrated her birthday on January 2 with lunch and a slice of cake at the Crosby House care home in Aberdeen.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Senior support worker Rebecca Streeter said: \u201cJessie still takes part in the group activities, she likes her exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe goes to all the concerts and enjoys her church on a Sunday. And obviously she has led a very healthy lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jessie became Scotland\u2019s oldest woman following the death of Clare Dawson, of Glasgow, in June 2013 at the age of 109.<\/p>\n

The oldest living person in the UK is Ethel Lang, 114, from Barnsley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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